No exercise and not the best eating today. I need to start exercising in the morning before work. I think I( have devised a good indoor work out I just need to get up and do it. Since our basement is cleaned out I am going to walk/jog laps down there. Then in the middle or at the end, I have not decided witch yet, I am going to do a push up and sit up regiment. I just need to get myself a good nights sleep so I can start getting up and doing it.
I got up and had a cup of coffee, a glass of juice and a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. Then I made my self another cup of coffee to take to work with me and left it on the counter. It really made my morning drag because I was tired.
For lunch I had the left over Chinese food from last Friday. It was sesame chicken, some steamed rice and some fried rice. I also had a Twix at the end of lunch. Also before and after lunch I had some cookies that a co-worker had brought in. I had two chocolate chip cookies, two rolo cookies and a Oreo ball. I know I had to many but they were just so good and so close. I am going to try and restrain myself tomorrow since there will still be some left at work.
Late in the afternoon I got an email from our real estate agent about the people who looked at our house last week. She had told me on Sunday that it was down to our house and another house. Apparently at the last second they decided to build a house instead of buy. It was nice to know that someone liked our house enough to have it in their final two. It also kind of sucked that they didn't buy it. But if one person liked it then hopefully we will get someone else who likes it soon.
That kind of put a damper on the evening but my wife got home and we watched some TV and had supper. We had left over supper bowl food. I had 4 pieces of pizza and 6 left over chicken wings. They all warmed up surprisingly well. The pizza really surprised me. I just threw back in the oven for about 7 minutes and it came back out crisp and delicious.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Movie Review of Ides of March
The Ides Of March was a enjoyable political drama. I mean how could you really go wrong, look at all the great actors in it. The over all story was good and the acting as you would guess was top top notch. It did drag a few times but over all it kept up a pretty good pace.
The entire movie revolves around the Democratic Primary in Ohio between two candidates. The main focus is on the campaign of Governor Mike Morris, played by George Clooney, and his staff as they try work to get him the Democratic nomination for president.
There are a lot of shady things that happen behind the scenes of the campaign and you can't help but think that it is a pretty accurate depiction of modern day politics. You have people leaking things to the press, people getting paid off, blackmail and political favours to get votes. It did a good job of keeping you guessing on how every thing was going to fall into place in the end. The cynical side of me can't help but think that things ended in the movie exactly the way the do in real politics. With people making sacrifices for what they think is greater good. Is the greater good really worth all the collateral damage? That is a question I can't answer for you.
What I can answer for you is the question of should I watch this movie, and that is a resounding yes. It is worth adding to your Netflix cue just for the acting alone.
I give this movie 3 out of 4 Stars.
The entire movie revolves around the Democratic Primary in Ohio between two candidates. The main focus is on the campaign of Governor Mike Morris, played by George Clooney, and his staff as they try work to get him the Democratic nomination for president.
There are a lot of shady things that happen behind the scenes of the campaign and you can't help but think that it is a pretty accurate depiction of modern day politics. You have people leaking things to the press, people getting paid off, blackmail and political favours to get votes. It did a good job of keeping you guessing on how every thing was going to fall into place in the end. The cynical side of me can't help but think that things ended in the movie exactly the way the do in real politics. With people making sacrifices for what they think is greater good. Is the greater good really worth all the collateral damage? That is a question I can't answer for you.
What I can answer for you is the question of should I watch this movie, and that is a resounding yes. It is worth adding to your Netflix cue just for the acting alone.
I give this movie 3 out of 4 Stars.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
February 5th
Today I got a little exercise again because of the snow. Eating not as good due to my anual bad eating during the supper bowl.
I did not get my breakfast I this morning. I got up and did some blogging and cleaning and before I knew it it was noon. I did have a few cups of coffee though. The exciting thing was I had them with no creamer in them just straight black. I am pretty happy I am doing that. I will still probably use creamer in the early morning before work but it is nice to know I don;t need loads of creamer n my coffee any more.
For lunch we had some grilled cheese sandwiches and some cheddar sun chips. It was a nice little pre-Super Bowl meal.
After lunch I changed the kitty litter and took it and the garbage from the kitchen out. Then I pulled on a sweatshirt and cleaned off the front step and scooped off the bottom of the driveway where the snowplow had left a nice wall of wet heavy snow for me. I counted the cleaning and then scooping as my exercise for the day.
After I got back in side I got some food ready for the Super Bowl. I threw some chicken wings in the crock pot, made some lemonade and browned a pound of hamburger and pork sausage to put on our pizzas we were making later. Then I sat around and watched Super Bowl Pre-game the rest of the day.
About 4:30 a friend of ours came over to watch the Super Bowl with us. He has been having a tough time in his personal life so we spent the first half watching the game and commercials, munching on our snacks and talking with him. During the first half I had five chicken wings, plate dip and ships and M&Ms. I also had a few glasses of beer I got for Christmas. Then at half time I made two pizzas. One was a peperoni and pork sausage pizza, the other was a pepperoni and hamburger pizza. The both turned out great. I had three piece of the pork sausage pizza and one piece of the hamburger pizza and a can of beer. Then we watched the rest of the game and tried to keep our friend in good spirits until he left.
Over all it was a nice night but a little on the depressing side. I felt bad for my friend but glad that I had a wonderful wife who loves me through all the difficult time we have been through in the last year.
I did not get my breakfast I this morning. I got up and did some blogging and cleaning and before I knew it it was noon. I did have a few cups of coffee though. The exciting thing was I had them with no creamer in them just straight black. I am pretty happy I am doing that. I will still probably use creamer in the early morning before work but it is nice to know I don;t need loads of creamer n my coffee any more.
For lunch we had some grilled cheese sandwiches and some cheddar sun chips. It was a nice little pre-Super Bowl meal.
After lunch I changed the kitty litter and took it and the garbage from the kitchen out. Then I pulled on a sweatshirt and cleaned off the front step and scooped off the bottom of the driveway where the snowplow had left a nice wall of wet heavy snow for me. I counted the cleaning and then scooping as my exercise for the day.
After I got back in side I got some food ready for the Super Bowl. I threw some chicken wings in the crock pot, made some lemonade and browned a pound of hamburger and pork sausage to put on our pizzas we were making later. Then I sat around and watched Super Bowl Pre-game the rest of the day.
About 4:30 a friend of ours came over to watch the Super Bowl with us. He has been having a tough time in his personal life so we spent the first half watching the game and commercials, munching on our snacks and talking with him. During the first half I had five chicken wings, plate dip and ships and M&Ms. I also had a few glasses of beer I got for Christmas. Then at half time I made two pizzas. One was a peperoni and pork sausage pizza, the other was a pepperoni and hamburger pizza. The both turned out great. I had three piece of the pork sausage pizza and one piece of the hamburger pizza and a can of beer. Then we watched the rest of the game and tried to keep our friend in good spirits until he left.
Over all it was a nice night but a little on the depressing side. I felt bad for my friend but glad that I had a wonderful wife who loves me through all the difficult time we have been through in the last year.
February 5th Weigh In
Not a good week is what I have to say about this. I gained a pound and a half putting back up to 312.5. I had a feeling with all the eating out that things would not go well. I did do well on Friday and Saturday not going out to eat and I am going to focus on that this coming week as well. Once in awhile we need a set back to refocus our selves. Trying to add some more daily exercise wouldn't hurt me either. :)
Saturday, February 4, 2012
February 4th
Well the snow storm hit last night and it looks to be as big as they said it was going to be. When we got up the yard, and every thing else, was covered in a thick heavy snow. The news said we already had six inches on the ground and there was still another four to seven inches to come. My wife had to work this morning and I didn't want her driving in this weather by her self so I drove her downtown in the truck. The side roads in our neighborhood would have been almost impassible in a car but the main roads were not terrible just snow packed and icy. I go her downtown and decided I didn't want to drive back in these crappy roads only to turn around and make the same trek again in a few hours. so I parked behind her work and walked across the street to the downtown The Egg and I. I was going to be down there for a few hours so I was glad I had the foresight to bring my Kindle with me to read. There were not to many people there so I got a lot of attention from my server. When I said i wanted a cup of coffee he spent a great deal of time explaining their coffee choices and how they make them. I chose the Rain Forest Bold. He said they grind the coffee beans fresh to order for each pot they make. I also asked for cream with it. Much to my surprise I did not need the cream, the coffee was amazing. I am going to say it is probably the best coffee I have ever had. When he brought my coffee I had still not made a decision as to what I wanted. I asked him what was good and he recommend their Eggs Benedicts. I had never had an Eggs Benedict before but I though i would give them a shot. I went with their Parisian Benedict. it was a buttery croissant half layered with shaved ham, sautéed portabella mushrooms and melted Swiss cheese. Topped with two poached eggs, hollandaise sauce and green onions. It also came with their ranch potatoes, he told me that they bake the potatoes with ranch and garlic spices in the oven then finish them on the flat top grill to order. Lastly I ordered a side of bacon as well. It was all AMAZING! I can say out side my trips to Disney World this is the best breakfast I have ever had. It was all so good and the service was great. I can say with out a doubt that I will be coming back again and I will bring my wife along so she can try it as well.
After I finished eating I sat and read my book and continued to drink the delicious coffee. I had started reading a new book called Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose. It is a book about the GI solders in the US army during WWII starting with the invasion of France on D-Day all the way until the defeat of Germany. I have read Ambrose's Band of Brothers and loved it so when I saw this on sale for a dollar ninety nine on Amazon one day I could not pass it up.
Well about nine thirty my server at The Egg an I came over and told me they were closing early due to the weather. I was a little disappointed but he gave me a big cup of their coffee to go. So i headed to the front and paid then walked back across the street to my wife's work and spent the rest of the morning there reading in their waiting area.
Finally noon rolled around and my wife's work closed so we headed home. The main streets were really good down town when we left but the farther you got to the edge of town the worse they got. On our way home I stopped and tried to help on girl who had gotten her car stuck. Unfortunately for her it was to high centered to get out with out a tow rope and a tractor. I made sure she was ok. she was calling her boy friend to pick her up, and headed home. When I got home the drive way had a lot more snow on it then when we left. so I got my boots on and pulled out the snow blower. Unfortunately the snow was very deep and heavy so it took me about four passes of the driveway to get it cleaned off. It took me about an hour to get the driveway and the sidewalks cleaned off but it was good exercise.
When I came back in my wife and I had some lunch. We made some pizza pockets that really hit the spot after being out in the cold for the last hour. Then I had a yogurt to finish off my lunch. After lunch we got caught up on some TV all afternoon. About 4 we got a call fro our relator about canceling the open house due to the weather. We decided that between the weather and the Super Bowl tomorrow we would not get a lot of people so we cancelled it and settled in for a nice night in.
About seven we finally decided to remove our selves from the couch and make some supper. My wife made Hash-brown casserole. I added a little of my new Buffalo Tabasco sauce to it and it gave it just the right amount of zing. After we ate we settled in for a movie. We had gotten The Ides Of March from netflix. It was a really good movie I would recommend it if you like political dramas. While we were watching the movie I had a bowl of ice cream. Who doesn't want some ice cream when there is a final total twelve to thirteen inches of snow on the ground?
I would say I ate pretty well today and with the snow blowing I got my exercise in. I will probably need to do a little snow clean up tomorrow but nearly as much as I did today.
After I finished eating I sat and read my book and continued to drink the delicious coffee. I had started reading a new book called Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose. It is a book about the GI solders in the US army during WWII starting with the invasion of France on D-Day all the way until the defeat of Germany. I have read Ambrose's Band of Brothers and loved it so when I saw this on sale for a dollar ninety nine on Amazon one day I could not pass it up.
Well about nine thirty my server at The Egg an I came over and told me they were closing early due to the weather. I was a little disappointed but he gave me a big cup of their coffee to go. So i headed to the front and paid then walked back across the street to my wife's work and spent the rest of the morning there reading in their waiting area.
Finally noon rolled around and my wife's work closed so we headed home. The main streets were really good down town when we left but the farther you got to the edge of town the worse they got. On our way home I stopped and tried to help on girl who had gotten her car stuck. Unfortunately for her it was to high centered to get out with out a tow rope and a tractor. I made sure she was ok. she was calling her boy friend to pick her up, and headed home. When I got home the drive way had a lot more snow on it then when we left. so I got my boots on and pulled out the snow blower. Unfortunately the snow was very deep and heavy so it took me about four passes of the driveway to get it cleaned off. It took me about an hour to get the driveway and the sidewalks cleaned off but it was good exercise.
When I came back in my wife and I had some lunch. We made some pizza pockets that really hit the spot after being out in the cold for the last hour. Then I had a yogurt to finish off my lunch. After lunch we got caught up on some TV all afternoon. About 4 we got a call fro our relator about canceling the open house due to the weather. We decided that between the weather and the Super Bowl tomorrow we would not get a lot of people so we cancelled it and settled in for a nice night in.
About seven we finally decided to remove our selves from the couch and make some supper. My wife made Hash-brown casserole. I added a little of my new Buffalo Tabasco sauce to it and it gave it just the right amount of zing. After we ate we settled in for a movie. We had gotten The Ides Of March from netflix. It was a really good movie I would recommend it if you like political dramas. While we were watching the movie I had a bowl of ice cream. Who doesn't want some ice cream when there is a final total twelve to thirteen inches of snow on the ground?
I would say I ate pretty well today and with the snow blowing I got my exercise in. I will probably need to do a little snow clean up tomorrow but nearly as much as I did today.
Friday, February 3, 2012
February 3rd
Today was suppose to be rainy then turn to snow at some point. I didn't get up and walk again because I was tired and lazy. Plus I didn't have to pack any lunched today so it meant I could sleep in a little more. Over all the eating was ok for the day but there was no exersies to speak of.
For breakfast I got up and had my coffee, juice and oatmeal just like normal. Then I headed to work with another cup of coffee.
Since it was suppose to be rainy and or snowy today my coworkers and I had decided to order lunch in today. We ordered from a little Chinese place called Zhang's. I ordered sesame chicken, my favorite if you can't guess, with fried rice, an egg-roll and half an order(4) of crab rangoons. I ended up getting both steamed rice and a side of fried rice. The food was really good and the crab rangoons were great! I could not finish all of it so I put it in the fridge down stars by the break room for lunch on Monday. I was pretty proud of my self that I didn't just keep eating because it was in front of me. After lunch the afternoon just seemed to drag on and on. around 3:30 in the afternoon I started to get a little hungry again, as is the case with Chinese food. so I headed down to the vending machine and got a snickers. It really hit the spot and kept tided over until supper. It did not help to make the afternoon go any faster though.
After I got home we had to run back to Wal-Mart to take back the shower curtain my wife had gotten for our bathroom. The shower curtain just didn't work in the bathroom the way we had hopped. This was a terrible choice. Wal-Mart was a mad house because of the impending snow storm. Luckily after we got the new shower curtain my wife thought of checking out at the jewelery counter instead of standing in one of the long lines at the check out lanes. That saved us about thirty to forty five minutes I think. Then we headed home and put the shower curtain up and it looks really nice.
After that we made some Mmmm Noddle Soup. It really hit the spot on a cold rainy night. We also had some Ranch potato ships as well. After supper we watched some TV had some little apple crisp things my wife had bought at the store. They were little cups of apples in a sauce then after you heated them up for twenty seconds they had a little thing of oats to pour on top. They were really good and rounded out the evening nicely.
For breakfast I got up and had my coffee, juice and oatmeal just like normal. Then I headed to work with another cup of coffee.
Since it was suppose to be rainy and or snowy today my coworkers and I had decided to order lunch in today. We ordered from a little Chinese place called Zhang's. I ordered sesame chicken, my favorite if you can't guess, with fried rice, an egg-roll and half an order(4) of crab rangoons. I ended up getting both steamed rice and a side of fried rice. The food was really good and the crab rangoons were great! I could not finish all of it so I put it in the fridge down stars by the break room for lunch on Monday. I was pretty proud of my self that I didn't just keep eating because it was in front of me. After lunch the afternoon just seemed to drag on and on. around 3:30 in the afternoon I started to get a little hungry again, as is the case with Chinese food. so I headed down to the vending machine and got a snickers. It really hit the spot and kept tided over until supper. It did not help to make the afternoon go any faster though.
After I got home we had to run back to Wal-Mart to take back the shower curtain my wife had gotten for our bathroom. The shower curtain just didn't work in the bathroom the way we had hopped. This was a terrible choice. Wal-Mart was a mad house because of the impending snow storm. Luckily after we got the new shower curtain my wife thought of checking out at the jewelery counter instead of standing in one of the long lines at the check out lanes. That saved us about thirty to forty five minutes I think. Then we headed home and put the shower curtain up and it looks really nice.
After that we made some Mmmm Noddle Soup. It really hit the spot on a cold rainy night. We also had some Ranch potato ships as well. After supper we watched some TV had some little apple crisp things my wife had bought at the store. They were little cups of apples in a sauce then after you heated them up for twenty seconds they had a little thing of oats to pour on top. They were really good and rounded out the evening nicely.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
February 2nd
I had intended on getting up and walking this morning before work but I was still catching up on sleep from my month of working seven to four so I slept in. I Did get up and have my breakfast. I had a cup of coffee, a glass of juice and a bowl of oatmeal. I have noticed that when I eat breakfast I have a little extra pep in my step in the morning.
For lunch I had another Hawaiian Hot Pocket, a string cheese, a yoghurt, and a granola bar. I was still a little hungry so I got a Twix from the Vending machine during lunch.
After work I headed to class. I got there and went to the student lounge to do some reading in my book. When got near the student lounge it seemed very busy around there. Then I realized there was a high school basketball game going on in the gym across from the student lounge. I was lucky I did not have any money on my because they had the concession stand set up in one of the entry ways in to the student lounge and the hot dogs smelled amazing!
While I was at class my wife had run home and done some cleaning up because we had some one coming to look at our house. It was their second time through the house and our agent called them a strong possible buyer. This really excited me because we had been felling a little down about the whole process. So my wife did a little sprucing up then took the cat over to my sisters and went to the store. She was then going to pick the cat up on her way home. The thing is there is a big snow storm predicted for Friday night into Saturday so the stores were a mad house. So by the time I got done with class she was just leaving the store. So I stopped and picked the cat up on my way home and she went straight home to unpack the food she had bought. Class had run a little late so by the time I got the cat it was 8:30. I figured the last thing my wife wanted to do after being trapped at the store in craziness was make supper. So I stopped at DQ (Dairy Queen) and got us some food for supper. I had a double cheese burger, fries and a lemonade. Then my wife and I split an order of cheese curds.
This marked basically the fifth time in 6 days I had eaten out at fast food. Not only am I getting tired of fast food it can not have a good reflection on the scale this weekend. I need to get back at eating at home. Plus Out of all of those meals I was not overly impressed with any of them. I feel like we make better food at home. So next week and the rest of this week is a refocus on eating at home and not going out to eat as much.
For lunch I had another Hawaiian Hot Pocket, a string cheese, a yoghurt, and a granola bar. I was still a little hungry so I got a Twix from the Vending machine during lunch.
After work I headed to class. I got there and went to the student lounge to do some reading in my book. When got near the student lounge it seemed very busy around there. Then I realized there was a high school basketball game going on in the gym across from the student lounge. I was lucky I did not have any money on my because they had the concession stand set up in one of the entry ways in to the student lounge and the hot dogs smelled amazing!
While I was at class my wife had run home and done some cleaning up because we had some one coming to look at our house. It was their second time through the house and our agent called them a strong possible buyer. This really excited me because we had been felling a little down about the whole process. So my wife did a little sprucing up then took the cat over to my sisters and went to the store. She was then going to pick the cat up on her way home. The thing is there is a big snow storm predicted for Friday night into Saturday so the stores were a mad house. So by the time I got done with class she was just leaving the store. So I stopped and picked the cat up on my way home and she went straight home to unpack the food she had bought. Class had run a little late so by the time I got the cat it was 8:30. I figured the last thing my wife wanted to do after being trapped at the store in craziness was make supper. So I stopped at DQ (Dairy Queen) and got us some food for supper. I had a double cheese burger, fries and a lemonade. Then my wife and I split an order of cheese curds.
This marked basically the fifth time in 6 days I had eaten out at fast food. Not only am I getting tired of fast food it can not have a good reflection on the scale this weekend. I need to get back at eating at home. Plus Out of all of those meals I was not overly impressed with any of them. I feel like we make better food at home. So next week and the rest of this week is a refocus on eating at home and not going out to eat as much.
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